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How much does your gas and electricity cost per month at the moment?

helena g(7)

Posted on 18-01-2010 at 10.57PM

Last message from previous page:we have oil heating we bought 900L in may 09 ( about £400 )and have 700L left but our Electric is £100 a month!! hopefully we are silly amounts in credit ( we used to pay £30 a month but was £60 in debt :oops:...so for some reason they upped our payments to £100):shock::shock:.... i was going to ring and go mad but thought i'd prove my point that £100 is stupid!!

we live in a 3 bed terrace with double glazing ..but no heater in huge kitchen so is like north pole!

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Caroline B(40)

Posted on 19-01-2010 at 3.11PM

We live in a large 3 storey 5 bedroom detached house (top floor is our bedroom and one huge [cold!] room) and we've just had our bill from Scottish Power for gas and elec. We were paying £170/month and they want to increase it to £230! I sent in a reading the other day so hopefully that will come down a bit. There are 6 of us in the house - my parents, me, OH, DS1 (5) and DS2 (2).

We have the heating on the morning for a bit and then from about 4.30 until 8.30, although we have been switching it on more in the cold weather. We don't heat the rooms we don't use and have it on low in some of the others.

I do about 3-4 loads of washing a week and the same in tumble drier during the winter (not at all in the summer). I also switch the shower off when I'm in there - get wet, wash my hair then switch it off whilst I soap and the back on again to rinse.

It is a lot and we are trying to reduce it.

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jayne h(4)

Posted on 19-01-2010 at 7.28PM

£100 gas and £50 electric by direct debit. The bill will probably be higher with the weather we are having but hopefully it will even itself out over the year. In my last house I only paid about £12 electric and £18 gas...that was 3 years ago before the price hike....and don't even get me started on petrol prices:shock:

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Diane B(389)

Posted on 30-07-2015 at 3.18PM

I'm with utilita and I have a smart meter with them and I pay at least 20 pound less a month than when I was with British gas I pay just over 7 per week on electric And 9 pound a week gas And only pay for what I use

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Ashley (33)

Posted on 14-08-2015 at 9.39PM

Hey quick query, I've just had my meters installed and my secure system is showing F for friendly credit mode we are in credit so should it not be showing a P? I'm confused with it all, only had them installed yesterday.

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Jessica F(95)

Posted on 14-08-2015 at 9.48PM

Ive just fallen through the floor reading how much you pay. Im in a 2 bed house and spend no more for elec and gas together than £40 a month and that is with n power

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mary-jane o

Posted on 15-08-2015 at 10.27AM

Hi, I live in a detached large 3 bed house we pay monthly for both. This month I paid £68 electric and £10 standing charge for gas ( ours is currently off) . In the winter it is as much as £80 each for both!Mj x

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Chanelle Y

Posted on 15-08-2015 at 11.05AM

I'm in a 2 bed bottom floor flat. I use about £10 a week in electric but I have at least 1 washing on per day and then use the tumble dryer every day too, and in the summer I turn my heating off completely and it stays off for weeks and weeks coz my house is too hot, so I only use about £3 per week for hot water. In winter though I'm £10 per week for gas too but I have my heating on constantly. I'm with Scottish power and have prepay meters

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Sara F(182)

Posted on 23-08-2015 at 8.11AM

We live in a 3 bedroom newbuild house and through the summer months pay £20 a month for gas and roughly £25 for electric, thats with british gas. When it gets to winter the gas bill goes up to around £50-£70 depending on how often we use the heating. The electric also goes up to roughly £30 a month with the christmas lights being on.

I was told by my gas man to have heating on low all day but I find it too cold, I need it on at least 18 atm, I cannot stand being cold and I also suffer from Raynauds disease so have to have it up or I go the whole day without being able to feel my fingers or toes

I was also wondering whether to have the thermostat higher and radiators lower or the other way round?

hmm British gas seem to be a little cheaper than E.ON, might have to look into that!

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We do same thing in winter our heating is on constant but around 16-18 degrees max, but all thermostats differ slightly my neighbours is on 25 to feel it. My dads friend is a heating engineer and he says it is cheaper to run the system like this because once the house is up to temperature then the heating comes on less often per day to top it back up but if you have it on a set time the house is colder and costs more to heat. My radiators are in the mid range, on about 3-4 I think and the house is always warm and toasty. I dont turn the heating on til Mid to end October and turn it off again come April - if we get cold we throw on a jumper or grab a blanket. I also find I can reduce the time the water is heated for as the heating keeps the water warm too. We pay Eon £120 a month which I think is too much but the bills have all gone up. Im tempted to change after 16 years with them but I find all the price per unit etc so confusing and I lack time to sit and work it all out.

We do same thing in winter our heating is on constant but around 16-18 degrees max, but all thermostats differ slightly my neighbours is on 25 to feel it. My dads friend is a heating engineer and he says it is cheaper to run the system like this because once the house is up to temperature then the heating comes on less often per day to top it back up but if you have it on a set time the house is colder and costs more to heat. My radiators are in the mid range, on about 3-4 I think and the house is always warm and toasty. I dont turn the heating on til Mid to end October and turn it off again come April - if we get cold we throw on a jumper or grab a blanket. I also find I can reduce the time the water is heated for as the heating keeps the water warm too. We pay Eon £120 a month which I think is too much but the bills have all gone up. Im tempted to change after 16 years with them but I find all the price per unit etc so confusing and I lack time to sit and work it all out.

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If you go to u switch you can just type in how much you pay now and they do all if the calculations for you and tell you where is cheaper

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Mike G(36)

Posted on 06-10-2015 at 3.14PM

funny i am single guy living in my house rarely use anything but all time only tv, computer, fridge/freezer sometimes rare cooker, washing machine rarely as well,

im scottish power but told phone am scottish gas then go back phone and is scottish power whats going on what bloody company am i with never a straight answer grrrrrrr

i know have dedt which is 3.45 week and £1.90 standing charges + about £23 a month OK but for someone who uses nothing pays so much really bad here. im paying for £50 yet use so little equipment dont understand, been on phone and still same rubbish EVERYTHING IS OK NOTHING WRONG HERE. i think they tell porkies 3yrs now recieving scottish power letters then told im scottish gas makes no sence. amazing how people never get a straight answer and we left pay the price, my friend same company but only pays 80 every three months and uses as much electric as possible yet i use nothing and pay £220 every 3 months tell me people out there are having this same rubbish need to put stop to this and also everything i use is eco friendly energy saving rubbish

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Carl G(30)

Posted on 06-09-2019 at 4.52PM

Hey, ma'am. Frankly speaking, I was shocked duiring reading your post. What for did you use gas? It goes without saying, that it's very expensive. What about electricity price, you can always check all the prices you need at the https://www.stromtest.no. It's a good source, where there are all the prices for different electricity plans in different regions, so you can check all the information connected to this task here and to be sure, that it's true prices. Don't spend your money for nothing, when you can spend them for child) Have a nice day, ma'am.